FLOOR 2. Curated and produced by Martyn Ware for Illustrious.

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2 Inspired by Picasso s circle in Montmatre in the first decade of the 20th century, the Gallery becomes an artists colony featuring a wild cross-pollination of ideas, music, poetry, performance, art, film and dance. For one evening only, step inside the mind of Picasso where Everything You Can Imagine Is Real Curated and produced by Martyn Ware for Illustrious. All events are free and drop in. Capacity is limited and spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Entrance to Picasso Portraits is not included in the evening s activities. There are bars on Floor 0 and Floor 1 and the Portrait Café on Floor -3 serving drinks and snacks. Last orders at Please note drinks are not permitted on Floor 2. FLOOR 2 2 SOUND INSTALLATIONS Chris Watson , A sound installation featuring La Tramontana the seasonal north wind that cuts through Catalonia. Gabriel Ware , Colours Follow Change of Emotions, a recorded 3D orchestral piece. Scanner , This new recorded piece explores the idea of place, language and identity. 12 Cubist Portrait Machine Di Mainstone s device creates photographable cubist versions of faces in real space. Be sure to come and get your cubist selfie. 14 Echo This soundscape by Zarina Bhimji and Martyn Ware explores beauty, texture and pleasure experienced through looking at objects of art.

3 FLOOR LIVE MUSIC Feral Five Man Cat Doll Machine - An electro-punk X-ray of Picasso s Portraits. Georgina Brett Live vocal matrices using the letters and writings of the women in Picasso s life. Tim Wheater/Cherub Sanson/Aaron Horn Sacred sound meets ambient electronics in this live performance. Peter Coyle (The Lotus Eaters) A new piece inspired by Picasso s poems ART TriTrace app Self Portrait I Blonde by Tracey Moberly Face It by Spinning Yarns - Weaving Community Portrait of Peter Hopkins by Sarah Hopkins Art

4 FLOOR 1 22 PERFORMANCE Vanessa Fenton , Dance piece inspired by Satie s Parade with a new score by Martyn Ware and costume by Bruce French. Ian Reddington , A performance of extracts from Picasso s only play, Desire Caught by the Tail. Nikky Norton Shafau , Be seduced by sickly sweet poetic riddles. Stairs down to Floor POETRY Toby Thompson , A re-imagining of Picasso as a 21st century spoken word poet. Luke Wright , A new poem inspired by Picasso. 22 LIVE MUSIC IN-IS , A musical interpretation for six live string players and live and pre-recorded electronics of Picasso s portrait Bibi-La-Purée. 32 ART RAMBERT V The Three Dancers, by Marcus Lyon in collaboration with Didy Veldman of Ballet Rambert. POP-UP BAR (cash only) Last orders Bar

5 FLOOR 0 MAIN HALL LATE SHIFT BAR Last orders Bar Escalator to Floor 2 DJ Chris Sullivan , A set inspired by Picasso s life and times. VIDEO PROJECTIONS John Shuttleworth , The versatile singer/organist from Sheffield reads Picasso s poetry. PICASSO PORTRAITS Eclectic Method , A video mixtape of music, animation, film and art stretching over a century. Obsrvtry Traces of Reality draws on Picasso s influence by looking at the world in new ways. SHOP FLOOR 1 MAIN ENTRANCE

6 FLOOR 2 ONDAATJE WING THEATRE LIVE MUSIC White Noise , White Noise perform Ursulizms/Funkophile and a new piece inspired by Picasso s The Old Guitarist. Radiophonic Workshop , World premiere of a new composition with video projections by Obsrvtry. No drinks in exhibition or Floor 2 Exiting from the Gallery commences 10 minutes before closing time. Late Shift every Thursday and Friday Ondaatje Wing TOILETS #NPGLateShift 43 CLOAK PORTRAIT CAFÉ

7 Everything You Can Imagine Is Real is curated and produced by Martyn Ware for Illustrious THE ARTISTS: ZARINA BHIMJI GEORGINA BRETT PETER COYLE ECLECTIC METHOD VANESSA FENTON FERAL FIVE BRUCE FRENCH SARAH HOPKINS AARON HORN IN-IS MARCUS LYON DI MAINSTONE TRACEY MOBERLY NIKKY NORTON SHAFAU OBSRVTRY RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP IAN REDDINGTON CHERUB SANSON SCANNER JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH CHRIS SULLIVAN TOBY THOMPSON GABRIEL WARE MARTYN WARE CHRIS WATSON TIM WHEATER WHITE NOISE LUKE WRIGHT supported by Goldman Sachs soundscape system and headphones by Bowers and Wilkins National Portrait Gallery St Martin s Place London WC2H 0HE npg.org.uk/lateshift

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